Cake Food of the Gods with walnut

Beautiful in appearance and very easy to prepare! The Food of the Gods cake with walnut is easier to prepare than it seems. Butter cream with cocoa and condensed milk goes well with soft nut cakes. A novice hostess will also cope with the recipe. And the guests will remember the treat not only by the name, but also by the taste!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 10 % 7 g
Fats 36 % 24 g
Carbohydrates 54 % 36 g
388 kcal
GI: 6 / 0 / 94

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a cake Food of the Gods with walnuts? This cake is made much easier than it seems at first glance. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients for the dough. Take the flour of the highest grade. The eggs are large and selected. Sour cream with a fat content of 20%. Taking into account the condensed milk in the cream, you can adjust the amount of sugar to your liking.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Mix sour cream and soda. Leave on for 10 minutes until bubbles appear. Sour cream will greatly liquefy, and from thick it will become fluid. Sour cream can be replaced with fatty kefir.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pre-wash the walnuts, then pierce them in a dry frying pan and grind them into fine crumbs in a blender.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Beat the eggs with sugar into a fluffy foam. The airiness of your pie depends on how you beat the eggs. You can not beat the mass straight white and to a density - the protein will lose the air bubbles that raise the dough on a par with soda.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add sour cream with soda to the eggs and whisk again.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Sift the flour and pour parts into the egg mixture, beating each time with a mixer until smooth.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Flour may need more or less. Focus on the consistency. The dough should be thick, viscous.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add walnuts and mix.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cover the baking dish (Ø 20-22 cm) with parchment and grease with butter. Lay out the dough and smooth it out. Place in preheated to 180 ° C for 35-40 minutes. Do not open the door for the first 25-30 minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Now prepare the cream. Butter should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance. It is very important to choose high-quality condensed milk. A lot of marriage is being sold now. Real condensed milk should be without milk fat substitutes, made from natural products, thick. The fat content of this condensed milk is 8.5%.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Beat the soft butter until fluffy. Without ceasing to beat, gradually add condensed milk.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    At the end, pour in the cocoa and whisk again until smooth.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    The cream should be lush, but dense enough, not flowing.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Transfer the finished cake to the grill and cool. Then cut lengthwise into two cakes, the lower one is thinner - this will be the basis for the cake, the second one is thicker.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15.

    Smear a thinner sponge cake with part of the cream.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16.

    Crumble the remaining cake into small pieces with your hands. Combine the crumbled sponge cake with the remaining cream in the bowl and mix.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17.

    Then put a slide on the whole cake covered with cream.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18.

    If desired, you can pour icing on the cake. You can use ready-made store toppings or make the glaze yourself.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19.

    Break the chocolate into pieces, combine with cream and, stirring, melt over low heat until smooth.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20.

    Pour the chocolate icing over the cake. For convenience, I poured the glaze into a disposable pastry bag and cut off the tip. Put the cake in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21.

    Before serving, cut the cake into pieces, garnish with mint and serve to the table. Bon appetit!

Is it possible to replace baking powder with soda, how to add them correctly so that the baking is lush, how to avoid an unpleasant soda taste and much more, read the article "Baking powder or baking soda - which is better?"  

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20 % fat content - 300   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120   kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream with 30% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 25% fat content - 284   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream with 20 % fat content - 210   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 10% fat content - 115   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream - 210   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650   kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628   kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651   kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Condensed milk with sugar - 324   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Cocoa powder - 374   kcal/100g
  • Chocolate 70 % - 539   kcal/100g
  • Dark chocolate - 539   kcal/100g
  • Baking soda - 0   kcal/100g

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